AP Environmental Science Mr. Grant Lesson 74

1. AP Environmental Science • Mr. Grant • Lesson 74 Chapter 16 Preparation

2. Objectives: • Review Chapter 15 Multiple Choice Questions/Take Quiz • Chapter 16 Pre-Reading: In class exercise to help activate background knowledge, make connections, stimulate predictions, and form a purpose for reading. • TED - David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus, and a Times Square's worth of neon light displays from fish who live in the blackest depths of the ocean.

3. Chapter 16 Vocabulary… • benthic • by-catch • continental shelves • coral reef • currents • downwelling • El Niño • El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) • estuaries • harmful algal blooms • intertidal • kelp • La Niña • littoral • mangroves • marine protected areas (MPAs) • marine reserves • ocean acidification • pelagic • photic zone • red tides • salt marshes • thermohaline circulation • tides • upwelling

4. Chapter 16 Pre-Reading… What benefits do you derive from the oceans? Almost 4% of U.S. land area is designated as wilderness, yet far less than 1% of coastal waters are protected in reserves. Why do you think it s taking so long for the preservation ethic to make the leap to the oceans?

5. TED Video A pioneer in ocean exploration, David Gallo is an enthusiastic ambassador between the sea and those of us on dry land. David Gallo shows underwater astonishments (5:27) " We've got to somehow stabilize our connection to nature so that in 50 years from now, 500 years, 5,000 years from now there will still be a wild system and respect for what it takes to sustain us." Sylvia Earle